SIMBS runs events to achieve three main goals: give back to the South Island mountain biking community, promote trail advocacy and stewardship, and highlight the vital work of our volunteers and members.
To stay informed with what events we are running, please make sure to join as a member, follow us on Facebook and Instagram, and sign up for our email newsletter. We also have a calendar below with all of our events.
Current and Upcoming Events
Freehub PRESENTS: A Mountain Bike Film Festival
Join SIMBS and Whistle Buoy Brewing for a night of community, culture, and cinema!
Freehub PRESENTS showcases some of the best mountain-bike filmmakers and riders on the big screen — celebrating the people and trails that shape our sport, while supporting trail advocacy organizations like SIMBS.
Thursday, November 6
Where: Whistle Buoy Brewing — Market Square, Victoria
When: Doors at 6:00 PM | Films at 6:30 PM
Tickets: $20 ( limited availability )
Get Your Tickets Here [ TICKETS SOLD OUT! ]
November No Bad Days Trail Challenge
As the days get shorter, darker, and damper, we know motivation can dip. We’re keeping it simple this month: get out and ride!
Earn Trailforks badges (and prize entries) for showing up and spinning your wheels at Hartland this November. Sign up on Eventbrite here
Badge Tiers:
Group Rides
Must be an active SIMBS member to join. You can check your membership or join here. Please also ensure you've signed your 2025 Group Ride waiver here.
November 16th
Join us for a fun group ride at Hartland after Trail Day !
Sunday, November 16th @ 1:30 PM — meet at the bikewash.
No-drop ride | Blue/Black | Slow–Moderate pace
Register here
Community Trail Maintenance
Hosted the third Sunday of each month, Community Trail Maintenance provides members and volunteers the chance to get their hands dirty and give back to the off-road riding community through trail maintenance and development. No prior experience or a SIMBS membership are required - just an enthusiastic attitude and willingness to help! Mentoring, tools and lunch are provided, and minors, accompanied by a guardian, are welcome! Scroll through the events calendar above for dates and details of upcoming sessions.
Annual Events
Annual General Meeting
Although the AGM is a legal requirement for SIMBS, we make it a party! Occurring in late February/early March, the event requires attendance from 10% of the membership. We vote in a new Board, discuss important topics, and plan for the future. This is a celebration of the South Island Mountain Bike community and tends to bring in hundreds of people for beer, pizza, prizes and democracy!
Past Events
SIMBS Summer Send Off
On September 27, we gathered at Junction Cidery to celebrate the end of another great riding season. Members enjoyed pizza, cider, and live DJ beats, plus giveaways from Brentwood Cycle, Hullabaloo, Hoyne Brewing, and Bicycle Pizza. Huge thanks to all our volunteers and partners for helping us wrap up summer in style!
Tenner Events:
What is a tenner?
- A tenner is a $10 community focused 3 stage Enduro Race! This is an awesome race series to get introduced to racing, meet fellow community members, and ride some of the south island's best trails!
- Tenner race entry fee covers your racing cost, and includes après race food (veggie and non-veggie options) and après beverage.
- Tenner registration requires an active SIMBS membership
SIMBS October Throwback Tenner - October 25/2025
We’re going back to where it all began! Join us October 25th for the Throwback Tenner featuring the original course that kicked off the Tenner series!
Sponsored by Fort Street Cycle, this race will take riders through classic Hartland favourites: WYD, Snakes and Ladders, and Sofa King
SIMBS May Tenner Race - Torpedo Run Chainless Race - May 15/2025
Break free from the restraints of pedalling! Let your momentum guide you as you race down Torpedo Run Chainless!
Sponsored by Oak Bay Bikes, we popped off racer's chains at the top of Torpedo, raced and then enjoyed a fun apres BBQ in the Hartland parking lot on Thursday May 15/2025!
SIMBS Jordie Lunn Flow-Duro - April 12 / 2025
Our first tenner at Jordie Lunn Bike Park! This event was a blast ripping awesome flow trails!
Sponsored by Broad Street Cycles
Riders rode: Berm Reynolds, Wildcat & Flipside
Apres: Pizza and bev's in the creekside lot!
SIMBS Tenner Four- Super Ran D Special! December 14 / 2024
Tenner FOUR is a bit different! This race aims to honor and commemorate the efforts Randy Tannock made including mapping and building some of the original trails around Hartland and the South Island!
Sponsored by Hullabaloo Coffee
Riders rode: Advanced Route and Intermediate Route
Apres: Pre race coffee from Hullabaloo, Red barn Sandwhiches and drinks in the Hartland lot!
SIMBS Tenner THREE - November 23/2024
Sponsored by Oak Bay Bikes
Riders Rode: Torpedo Run, Sofa King and Heads Up!
Apres: Pizza and Beer in the Oak Bay Bikes backyard! - Thanks again!
This was a sold out event! All 50 spots were taken!
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SIMBS Tenner TWO - October 19/2024
Sponsored by Brentwood Cycle
Riders Rode: 90s Jank , Torpedo Run and Green Ribbon!
Apres: Awesome Cider and Pizza at Junction Cider x Bicycle Pizza
We had 37 people brace the atmospheric river and race!
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SIMBS Tenner ONE - September 21 / 2024
Sponsored by Fort Street Cycle
Riders Rode: WYD , Snakes and Ladders and Sofa King!
Apres was: Some rad burgers and hotdogs grilled up by pitmaster Adam!
We had 25 people race their hearts out!
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Sampler Challenges:
SIMBS October Partridge Hills Challenge
Members where challenged to ride every blue trail in Partridge Hills between Oct 2–31, 2025 to complete the challenge! We had 76 riders head out to partridge and 20 legends who rode all the blue trails!
SIMBS September Triple Threat Challenge
September had us chasing laps on three community-voted trails: Torpedo, Fun Trail, and 90’s Jank. We gave away prizes to those who rode each trail the most the month of September!
In total, riders put down some serious mileage:
90’s Jank: 102 Trailforks rides
Fun Trail: 89 rides
Torpedo: 158 rides!
SIMBS August Island Cup Enduro Challenge
For the month of August, we celebrated the legendary Island Cup Series! Participants tackled the official Enduro Finals course at Hartland and challenged to complete the full route in one ride or broken up to ride each stage on their own time.
SIMBS May Hartland Scavenger Hunt Challenge
After great feedback from the last scavenger hunt challenge, we ran another Scavenger Hunt Challenge for May!
We hid 5 QR Codes around Hartland, and one lucky winner who found all the codes won a 175mm RaceFace Turbine R Dropper Post courtesy of Gold Stream Bikes!
April Hartland Flow Challenge
We challenged riders to ride some of Hartland's classic flow trails, and try to make it to the top spots on the leaderboards! Congrats to everyone who competed!
March Scavenger Hunt Challenge
Our friends at Full On Lighting have donated a brand new MB6 Light to give away for our March sampler challenge!
This month, we challenged riders to find all 6 hidden QR codes around Hartland to be entered to win. We posted clues once a week, with the last clue being posted March 28.
Check out the clues, and full challenge rules below!
Congrats Bryan for winning the light!
The February Hartland Speed Climb Challenge (Feb 2025)
Riders competed in climbing some classic Hartland trails as fast as possible!
Challenge 1: Diaphragm Climb
Challenge 2: Middle Earth
Challenge 3: Painless
It was a snowy and tough February for this challenge, but one contestant took the cake and won all 3 challenge climbs!
SIMBS January Hartland Ride Count Challenge(Jan 2025)
Challenge 1: Clock in 2 days of riding at Hartland this January
Challenge 2: Clock in 4 days of riding at Hartland this January
Challenge 3: Clock in 8 days of riding at Hartland this January
We had Over 80 people clock in 2+ days this month, 30 people clock in over 4 days and 10 awesome souls who loved to skip work and rode over 8 days this month!
SIMBS December Hartland Distance Challenge! (December 2024)
Riders had to clock in some distance this December around Hartland!
Challenge 1: Ride 10km of Hartland trails collectively throughout December!
Challenge 2: Ride 50km of Hartland trails collectively throughout December!
Challenge 3: Ride 100km of Hartland trails collectively throughout December!
We had over 100+ people earn the 10km badge, 25+ earn the 25k badge and over 12 people clock in 100km in Hartland this month!
SIMBS November Climb Sampler Challenge! (November 2024)
Riders were challenged to put their legs to the test on some tech climbs around Hartland!
Challenge 1: Switchbacks
Challenge 2: Diaphragm Climb
Challenge 3: Seven (7)
Challenge 4: Trillium
Bonus Entry : Do all of the tech climbs in one ride!
75+ Contestants signed up for this challenge! Over 20 people did all 4 climbs in one ride!
SIMBS October Roll Sampler Challenge! (October 2024)
Riders were challenged to defy gravity on some of the great rolls Hartland has to offer
Challenge 1: 90s Jank, Small Craft Warning, Dirt Falls, Mother
Challenge 2: Falling Satellites (Cherry rock - End of Trail Near Diaphragm Climb),Big Whoop (Off of falling satellites),Green Ribbon , Ruffles x Organ donor (Last Organ Donor roll)
Challenge 3: Little Face, Orange Crush, Cross Over (Elevator Shaft roll), Daryl's Dive
Bonus Challenge : Twister, Jelly Roll, Lumpy Pants ,Snakes and Ladders, Rock Bottom
80+ Badges were earned this challenge! Thanks for riding!
September Trail Sampler Series (September 2024)
Riders were challenged to check out the newly sanctioned trails in the Partridge hills area!
Trail Sampler Challenge 1: Partridge Gravity Trails - Guard Rail, Watch Dog and Swipe Right
Trail Sampler Challenge 2: More Partridge Trails - Upper Saturn, Lower Saturn, Gnartridge
70 riders completed these challenges! Prizes were given out October 01! Thanks for competing!
The August Hartland Trail Sampler Challenge (August 2024)
Riders were challenged to ride some awesome trails in the Hartland network.
Challenge 1 Hartland Flow - Ride Sofa King, Torpedo Run and South Ride Flow
Challenge 2- Hartland Tech- Ride 90s Jank, Snakes and Ladders, Jelly Roll and Sidewinder
Challenge 3- Hartland XC- Ride Middle Earth, Waterworks, Dave’s Line, South Ridge and Fun Trail
Over 100 badges were earned! Winners were selected and prizes were given out!
Thanks everyone for competing!
Older Events
Emergency First Aid for Mountain Bikers
Facilitated by Alert First Aid, this interactive 8 hour course trains people how to react and improvise when dealing with time priority, life threatening emergencies. The majority of the course will be spent doing hands on first-aid and participating in mountain biking-inspired first-aid scenarios. Register or learn more
May 14 / 2023 from 8:30am-4:30pm at Centennial Park - Fieldhouse
Ride the Dump Challenge
Every two weeks, June 14 through October 3, trails, a set route or particular challenge within Hartland Mountain Bike Park will be featured. Complete the trails or route within the designated timeframes and earn a digital badge plus, chance to win some sweet prizes! Cumulative elevation and distance badges can also be earned, and it’s free to participate.
Fall Fifteener
Think you know your way around The Dump? Join us Sunday, October 24 for the SIMBS Fall Fifteener to find out. It’s a chart-your-own-adventure mountain bike event that challenges participants, racing as individuals or teams, to navigate through a series of checkpoints via their own plotted route. The catch? Location of the checkpoints, dotted throughout Hartland, won’t be revealed until the day-of, just before “3-2-1-go”! $15 per person, and registration includes a delicious post-race smokey or veggie dog courtesy of Red Barn Markets. Learn more.
Have a great event idea or interested in partnering? Connect with our Community / Events Staff at staff@simbs.com!